Takuya Urushihata

This study shows that vagus nerve stimulation activates the default mode network, enhancing cognitive behaviors, while vagal-independent mechanisms affect the salience network.

The paper shows that MRS-measured Glutamate and GABA levels in awake mice correlate with excitatory and inhibitory neural activities during stimulation and in a Dravet syndrome model.

This study tracks tau fibrillogenesis and microglial phagocytosis of neurons in a living tauopathy model, showing that microglia engulf tangle-bearing neurons and that TSPO ligands can reduce this process.

This paper introduces deschloroclozapine (DCZ), a potent and selective DREADD agonist that rapidly modulates neuronal activity and behavior in mice and monkeys.